Belva's Question of the Week

Would you support a bond request to finance a new state water plan?

November 6, 2009 · Posted By Belva Davis · Filed Under Environment, Politics/Government 

This week the state legislature and the governor found enough common ground to agree in principle on a group of long awaited and much negotiated water bills.

As important as that step was according to Dr. Peter Gleick of the non-partisan Pacific Institute, an Oakland-based think tank, there's still a long way to go. Dr. Gleick is a well-respected water expert. This is what he had to say on his SFGate blog:

"Despite the happy face being put on by some of the bill's supporters, including Governor Schwarzenegger, I doubt anyone is truly happy with the end result. Perhaps that's too much to expect for a topic as complex as California water and for a bill that tries to do so much at once. I'm certainly not happy, but I believe there was a (mostly) good faith effort on the part of the governor and the legislators and all the other water interest groups to try and produce something."

»Read Dr. Peter Gleick's full assessment of the plan including what issues remain unanswered with the package of bills. (at sfgate.com)

Based on Gleick's comments, and San Jose Mercury News reporter Paul Rogers' report on This Week, would you support an estimated eleven billion dollars in water bonds on next November's ballot to finance a new state water plan?

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2 Responses to “Would you support a bond request to finance a new state water plan?”

  1. Kelley Snider on November 9th, 2009 7:47 pm

    The people who want this outrageous water grab need to pay for it, i.e. they should be taxed. I'll be damned, or is it dammed, if I would vote to go further into debt and then pay more out in interest because the inability to raise taxes in California because of the Republican minority tail wagging the dog. NO, NO, NO, on any such bonds, let alone the plan to suck all the water out of NoCal for the pools of SoCal despite the extinction of various species, like salmon.

  2. Colleen Wilson on November 10th, 2009 2:29 pm

    For even more context, see this map showing a detailed breakdown of where the $11.14 billion in bond money is supposed to go.
    http://www.kqed.org/news/climatewatch/water.jsp
    (Map prepared by KQED Radio editor Dan Brekke)

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